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The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Looking Back #1 — 1934

March 14, 2018 by kenjones

Fishermen Go To Sea Daily In Dories From Newport — Only Place On Pacific Coast For nearly 20 years on he beach next to the Newport municipal pier there has existed a fishing community which has its counterpoint nowhere on this coast. Ten to 12 dories under bright beach umbrellas make up the permanent village, [...]

The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Through The Years

March 11, 2018 by kenjones

Newport Pier was where I began my pier fishing life in 1962. I would ride my bicycle down the hill from Costa Mesa and try to get the best spot on the pier (the corner spot). To do that meant I would have to leave the house around 4 AM. Generally the only people I [...]

Giant Sea Bass aka Black Sea Bass

February 13, 2018 by kenjones

Wreckfishes—Family Polyprionidae Illustrations 1-3 from Pacific Coast Fishes, Peterson Field Guides, Eschmeyer/Herald/Hammann Species: Stereolepis giga (Ayres, 1859); from the Greek words sterolepsis (firm scales) and gigas (giant). Alternate Names: Commonly called black sea bass in our fair state although I like the more impressive names given by the French—bar gigantesque and barréan géant. At [...]

Winston Churchill & A Catalina Marlin

February 12, 2018 by kenjones

We went to see the movie Darkest Hour the other day, a movie about Winston Churchill and the obstacles he faced (including Dunkirk) during his first days as Prime Minister of England. It reminded me of an article I had read about Churchill catching a marlin at Catalina. Churchill Lands Big ‘Un On Brief Catalina [...]

Marin Rod & Gun Club Pier aka Camiccia Family Memorial Pier

January 30, 2018 by kenjones

There was a time, and it seems more and more like an ancient time, when hunting and fishing was practiced by a majority of the population. Every family seemed to have a fishing rod sitting in the closet or garage and rural families probably had a rifle somewhere in the house (or behind the seat [...]